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BOND'S LAW APPLICATION
Conventional Ball Mill Sizing

Remarks Base Case Example

GRINDING TASK :
Ore Work Index, kWh(net) /metric ton 13.00 Specific Energy, kWh/ton 9.30
Feed Size, F80, microns 9795 Net Power Requirement, kW 7441
Product Size, P80, microns 150.0 Number of Mills for the Task 2
Design Throughput, ton/hr 800.00 Net kW / Mill 3720

MILL DESIGN PARAMETERS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS : Power, kW

3348 Balls
Eff. Diameter Eff. Length Mill Speed Charge Balls Interstitial Lift 0 Overfilling
ft ft % Critical Filling,% Filling,% Slurry Filling,% Angle, (°) 536 Slurry
18.50 22.00 72.00 38.00 38.00 100.00 35.00 3885 Net Total
L/D rpm 10.0 % Losses
1.189 12.82 4316 Gross Total

% Solids in the Mill 72.00 Charge Mill Charge Weight, tons Apparent
Ore Density, ton/m3 2.80 Volume, Ball Slurry Density
Slurry Density, ton/m3 1.86 m3 Charge Interstitial above Balls ton/m3
Balls Density, ton/m3 7.75 63.76 296.48 47.48 0.00 5.395

Power Oversize, % 4.4

HYDROCYCLONES CLUSTER : (Preliminary Sizing)

# Cyclones Cyclone Feed Circulating ton/hr m3/hr Pressure

per Mill Diameter, in % Solids Load, % per Cyclone per Cyclone Loss, psi
6 26.00 62.00 350.0 300.0 291.0 8.10

ARBITER'S FLOW NUMBER:

Mill Feed (incl. Recycle) Flow
ton/hr m3/hr Number
Direct Circuit: 1800.0 966.9 1.97
Reverse Circuit: 1400.0 752.0 1.54